11.4% ▼ -12.7%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 18.8%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Petermann · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Petermann
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 5.7% of people in Petermann do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, a figure far below the national average. This suggests a place where very few residents are tasked with heavy domestic workloads. Overall, community involvement and unpaid care roles are lower here than in most other Australian areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is less common in Petermann than in most similar areas. Only 11.4% of residents volunteer, which is a little below the Northern Territory and national figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care roles are much lower than usual here, with only 8.9% of people providing unpaid care. This is reflected in the numbers for childcare and housework, as the 20.3% who care for children unpaid is well below the national figure.
8.9% ▲ +28.6%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.0%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 8.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.3% ▲ +23.0%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.5%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 20.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
5.7% ▲ +8.6%
Lower than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 5.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did 15 hours or more of unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census.
Defence service
People who served in the Australian Defence Force.
No one in Petermann has served in the Defence Force. This is well below the 5.2% seen across the Northern Territory and a little below the Australian average of 2.8%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who have ever served in the Australian Defence Force (currently or previously).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Petermann [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70222/petermann/topic/community